Six years after U+’s “Founders’ Meeting” in Paris (see the meeting’s report), it is time to take stock of what it has done (and not done), and imagine what happens next.
While we believe we have accomplished great things, we also feel the need to rediscover the meaning – and perhaps also the agility – of the initial project. We have succeeded in building a small but sustainable organization, capable of leading projects in France and internationally. However, like many other nonprofits, we are dependent on project-by-project funding. This forces us to focus most of our energy on the management and development of projects, perhaps to the detriment of our ability to experiment, do research, and nurture U+’s international community.
U+’s future development should aim to find the time and desire to carry out these tasks together.
Before that, we want to collectively reflect on these six years: share what we have learned, reflect on our successes and failures, and express what we believe. And also, chart new perspectives: situate our practices in the increasingly populated field of “new narratives”, identify new territories to explore…
We cannot do this without the help of those who, like you, have been part of this adventure. This is the purpose of these “online interviews”.
Interview yourself! Our 6 questions
We have created a shared document where we ask 6 questions:
Reflection
- What have you learned with U+?
- What difficult questions did U+ help you formulate and/or answer?
- What did you expect from U+, and didn’t get?
Projection
4. What’s left to explore? Ideally, what should U+’s priorities be?
5. In an ideal scenario, what would you like to do within or with U+?
6. If we were to organize an international gathering at the end of 2025, would you come, and if so, what would you want this gathering to be?